The reversibility of sequential economic choices concerning production and consumption is addressed. A geometric approach to substitution effects and output/income effects is set forth in terms of vector fields on bundle space. By means of suitable fixing relations the 0-homogeneity of such...

Building on the isomorphism between the theories of risk aversion and precautionary saving, an objective index of prudent behavior is introduced, which generalizes the riskiness index set forth by Aumann and Serrano (2008). A benchmark framework for the monotone relation between risk aversion...